Enterprise on VHS

deccan · #1 September 14th, 2003, 01:15 AM

I think the big problem with Trek is general is that they try to get everything back to the status quo at the end of every story. If they were just willing to make big, sweeping and permanant changes to things, then stories would be a lot more meaningful and interesting.

Fyron · #2 September 14th, 2003, 01:29 AM

Hence B5.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 September 14th, 2003, 04:32 AM

what i want to see is a science fiction show that tries to stay as close to real science as possible. i wouldn't object to some sort of work-around for ftl, as long as it could be justified that it's 'possible', but i want to see: near C weapons, no 'magic' shield's, if there there i want a good science explantion, acceleration, deceleration, no ships tilting to turn and sliding in fighter fights. i want magnetic cannons and anti-proton's.

if your going to make up the science for a show, i don't object as long as you acknowledge that you made it up. but i would like to see something mostly realistic for a change.

see, the network's objection seems to me that nobody would understand all this complex science stuff, but nobody understands how phasers work and at least with real science there's something to understand. and the people who don't understand can still watch the original storylines, the realistic characters and the original plot.

ah, well, i can always read a book.

Fyron · #4 September 14th, 2003, 04:48 AM

Hence, B5.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 September 14th, 2003, 04:52 AM

well, i'm not sure about some of the science. it was a semi-mystical show. in one show, i'm told, though, the fighter's did slide. and the ships did have ion cannons, which, although i don't remember the explantion, i'm pretty sure there scientific.

but, storylines plot and characters, oh my.

Fyron · #6 September 14th, 2003, 04:54 AM

Most of the tech in B5 is realistically plausible (save jump gates and hyperspace stuff

). There are deviations ofc, but those are a minimum (esp. for the non-Ancient races).

And they very often did sliding and such in fighters.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 September 14th, 2003, 05:02 AM

never really looked into it. and it was half mystical. no psionics in my show.

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